Milk-pail



(No Model.) I R. A. CAMPBELL.

MILK PAIL. No. 274,268. Patented Mar.20,1883..

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REBECCA A. CAMPBELL, OE QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 274,268, dated March20, 188 3.

7 Application .filed August 28, 1882. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it kuownthat I, REBECOA A. CAMPBELL, ofQuincy, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvementsin Milk-Pails, of which the following is a specification I Thisinventionrelates to that class of milkpails which are provided with a tubularspout having a removable strainer.

The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in theform of the pail,

whereby it is enabled to be easily cleaned, and is adapted for useeither as a pail, strainer, or

funnel, and alsoto provide improved means samepartsin all the figures.

In the drawings, (t represents my improved pail, which is provided witha breast or conical front, a, terminating in a short tubular spout, b.The upper portion of the conical front projects considerably above therear upperedgeof the pail, and is inclined downwardly from its upperportionto the spout, the lower side of which is also above the rearupper edge of the pail. The conical frontand its spout virtuallyconstitute a funnel, which is adapted to be used either with or withoutthe strainer hereinafter described, the upward projection of the topofthe conical front enabling articles to be poured into it convenientlywhen the pail is held in the position shown in Fig. 2. The spout b isprovided with a threaded portion, 0, and with asomewhat contractedsmooth portion, d, projecting beyond the threaded porion.

9 represents a wire-gauze or perforated metal strainer, having a flange,9, adapted to fit upon the smooth portion d of the spout and bearagainst the shoulder at the end of the threaded portion. I

as to screw upon the threaded portion of the spout, and provided with aninwardly-projecting flange, f, adapted to bear against the strainer gand hold the same in place when the tube is screwed onto the spout, thetube projecting considerably outside of the strainer, and preventingdirt from falling on it, as well as protecting it from injury. Theflange gon the strainer enables the latter to be placed on the spoutbefore I the tube e is applied, the flange holding the strainer inposition while the tube is being screwed to place.

It Will be observed that the conical breast or funnel a joins the bodyof the pail ata very obtuse angle, so that there are no corners orre-entrant angles on the interior surface of the pail, and the latter istherefore as easily cleaned as an ordinary pail having no spout. Whenthe pail is in its ordinary use, the lower portion of the breast aconstitutes a part of the pail and considerably increases its holdingcapacity.

I am aware that a pail has been provided with a hood partially coveringits top, and having a projecting spout with a removable strainer; but 1am not aware that a pail has been provided with a conical front forminga part of the body of the pail.

I claim- The improved pail having the conical front or breast a, placedtransversely, or nearly so,

to the vertical center of the pail, and project- I ing partly below theplane of the upper edge of the pail, whereby the holding capacity of thepail is increased, and partly above said plane, whereby the conicalbreast is adapted to serve as a tunnel independently of the pail, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificatiomiu thepresenceof two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of August,

' REBEGGA A. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

G. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE.

